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quar·to

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–noun

1.	a book size of about 9¹/₂ × 12 in. (24 × 30 cm), determined by folding printed sheets twice to form four leaves or eight pages. Symbol: 4to, 4°

2.	a book of this size.

–adjective

3.	bound in quarto.

[Origin: 1580–90; short for NL in quartō in fourth (quartō, abl. sing. of quartus fourth)

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n. pl. quar·tos

The page size obtained by folding a whole sheet into four leaves.
A book composed of pages of this size.

[Short for Middle English (in) quarto, (in) the fourth part (of a sheet), from Medieval Latin (in) quārtō, from Latin, ablative of quārtus, fourth; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
quarto

1475, from M.L. in quarto "in the fourth (part of a sheet of paper)," from quarto, abl. sing. of L. quartus "fourth" (see quart).

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quarto
noun
the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Quarto

Quart\, n. [F. quart, n. masc., fr. L. quartus the fourth, akin to quattuor four. See Four, and cf. 2d Carte, Quarto.] The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth. [Obs.]

Camber did possess the western quart. --Spenser.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Quarto

Quar"to\, a. [L. in quarto in fourth, from quartus the fourth: cf. F. (in) quarto. See Quart.] Having four leaves to the sheet; of the form or size of a quarto.

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